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Ladataan... Cetaganda (1996)Tekijä: Lois McMaster Bujold
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Cetaganda is another exciting installment of the Hugo-award winning adventures of Miles Vorkosigan. It deals with genetic cloning,stark political realities, and snarky characters (cough cough *Ivan*). Miles Vorokosigan (as well as his cousin Ivan) are on a diplomatic mission to represent their home planet at the funeral of the dowager empress of the Cetaganda empire when an encounter with an assailant leaves him with a piece of computer software. This proves to be a bogus duplicate of a key to the Cetagandan genome, which each new empress manipulates to produce offspring. With the help of a member of Cetaganda's matriarchal ruling haut, Miles and his cousin Ivan dodge inventive assassination attempts to determine which of the empire's eight governors has tried to pin this "theft" on them in the hope of usurping control of the genome. Bujold addresses, as always, timeless issues of human identity through the personal dramas of her characters and asks big questions about the nature of genetic destiny. Bujold does magical things with worldbuilding here - focusing solely on the world of Cetaganda (she truly made this world feel otherworldly). As usual, the characterization is sharp. Miles is forced to play detective in an alien culture and his own shortcomings both his personality and physical nature appear to be his foil. And Ivan, of course, is too busy with the noble females which is not only a diplomatic no-no but helps to blindside the investigation. This might not be my favorite in the series but it is still quite enjoyable! Miles has grown into his role in this entry in the Vorkosigan series. The Cetagandans are an intriguing society and their obsession with their genetics is something that I can easily imagine growing out of our current Earth culture. Bujold does an amazing job of presenting this possible future while leaving the question of whether it is a desirable one for the reader to decide. Of course, Cetaganda is an enemy of our hero's home world of Barrayar, so there's a nudge to dislike it, but it is also a powerful and complex Empire, which demonstrates its success. ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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HTML: When the Cetagandan empress dies, Miles Vorkosigan and his cousin Ivan are sent to Cetaganda for her funeral as diplomatic representatives of Barrayar. Upon arriving, the two men are inexplicably attacked by a servant of the late empress. When the same servant turns up dead the next day, Miles and Ivan find themselves caught in the middle of a mystery. Miles tries to play detective in a strange, complicated, and deceptively alien culture, while lascivious Ivan manages to get himself involved with several noble females at the same time, a diplomatic no-no of the first order. As the plot thickens, it becomes clear that it's up to Miles to save the empire. With her usual skill, Bujold addresses timeless issues of human identity through the personal dramas of her characters. .Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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Lo bueno es que aún con un principio algo mas flojo al tener que poner en situación respecto a la política de Cetaganda, el libro va acelerando el ritmo hasta un final que te mantiene enganchado pagina tras pagina. ( )